State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles

[Liberal_in_LA]

My 999th post!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080425/od_nm/testicles_dc;_ylt=AuUyo_0n77a0pItWjQFuYD4uQE4F

State moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles By Michael Peltier
Fri Apr 25, 12:03 PM ET

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.



Oh my gawd!

[coriolis]

1. Great, but what about all the REAL ones I see hanging out in pastures?

:scared:

[thunder rising]

2. Well OK then ... let's get some real ones on those trucks.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Gee. I thought they were all the driver had left after the divorce.

Silly me.

[thunder rising]

5. And even those were separated and hanging rather low for comfort.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. This is the saddest and funniest part:

Critics of the ban included the Senate Rules Chairman, Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose truck sported a pair until his wife protested.

[BlueJazz]

6. It's no crime to have incredibly bad taste.

:)

[Ian David]

7. I want to put a plastic vagina on my Prius! n/t

[panader0]

17. I have large tow hooks on my 4x4 GMC

[tomreedtoon]

20. But it can't go behind the car, can it?

There is only one place for a plastic vagina on a car, and a functional place at that - the air scoop on the hood.

[OnyxCollie]

50. LOL! nt.

[uppityperson]

8. That is stupid, banning bad taste? I'd never have one, but illegal seems stupid.

[Ian David]

11. I want penises on my windshield that spray wiper fluid! n/t

[uppityperson]

12. That would be funny. Rather like kids peeing in ponds.

[hisownpetard]

32. Try Provincetown (MA). I wouldn't be surprised if someone already thought of it...

[Ian David]

38. The Provincetown police would ruin our night. We hate them.

http://www.provincetownbanner.com/article/news_article/_/49280/News/7/19/2007

[hisownpetard]

42. Ya know, I read about it when it happened but had forgotten that ugly incident.

Do you know if that case has been resolved?

[Ian David]

43. Not yet resolved. n/t

[CTyankee]

59. Is it true that P town is a drinking village with a fishing problem?

n/t

[OnyxCollie]

51. Stop... Stop...

You're killing me.

Wait, wait. Let me read it again. Bwahahaha!

[onehandle]

9. The guys who buy these things... Do they like seeing balls swinging from behind?

I avoid that view myself. Some people might like that view.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

[Warpy]

28. Well, had they been hung in closer proximity to the tail pipe

the message might be a lot clearer.

However, I find those nasty things to be a wonderful twit indicator. You see those on the vehicle in front of you, you drop back an extra car length and wait for him to do something really stupid and you are never disappointed. There's nothing that screams "HEY! I AM AN ASSHOLE!" like a plastic scrotum hanging off the back of a vehicle.

[saigon68]

10. From the story

Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like "Truck Nutz" and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.



A gun store owner finds them "OFFENSIVE"

lol What a wuss.

[NewJeffCT]

13. I curse DU for mentioning these to me before

I had never ever noticed them before, until a while back somebody had mentioned them here on DU...

and then just the other day, I saw a car with those damn fake testicles on them.

I never would have noticed them before.

[coriolis]

15. I've never noticed them anywhere...but then I'm cockeyed.

:evilgrin:

[panader0]

14. Those aren't fake testicles, that's a propeller

I'm going about ten nuts, I mean ten knots thank you.

[pompano]

16. It's sexist...I protest

it's defamation to trucks everywhere. I have seen them (on trucks that is) all over the place. But I must admit I have never seen the hot pink or neon-green versions.

This State is in financial dire straits with a budget crunch and all. These politicians don't have anything better to do that worry about "scrotor/motor" laws? :shrug:

Shit.

[Ian David]

21. I try not to look at testicles on other vehicles when I'm in the car wash. n/t

[pompano]

31. It's one of those...

things, well two, of those things than can get out of hand.

The fad started off funny, but slowly it became "an all too familiar site" as these danglers started appearing everywhere.

A few weeks ago I saw a pair some smart ass had hanged from the back of a hearst in a funeral procession. Hopefully, our dearly departed (no pun intended) had a sense of humor? I am a man and it, well, frankly embarrassed me. My girlfriend has been laughing since.

Free speech I suppose but no less disgusting to me. I think those things were "over the top"!!!

It's obnoxious.

[pink-o]

48. Re: your avatar FLA

..Funny ban coming from the state that's shaped like a penis

[BulletproofLandshark]

18. I wouldn't vote to ban them, but...

anyone who would put one of those tacky things on their vehicle is already guilty of extremely bad taste.

[backscatter712]

19. Gee, I'm glad that Florida has solved all its other pressing problems...

Obviously, they solved the problems of crime, health care, poverty, etc. so they had the time to address the growing crisis of TRUCK NUTS!!!

:eyes:

[Peregrine]

23. They are working on other problems

Amending the state constitution to permit school vouchers (while school budgets are being slashed).
Academic Freedom laws to protect teachers who teach ID or creationism in the science class (it burned their ass when the State Board of Ed approved new science standards that included evolution).

[HooptieWagon]

29. True that

Prop insurance is going through the roof, so are taxes, property values are plummeting... and the only things the legislature can seem to discuss is banning fake balls and jumping in line for a primary. And don't blame the GOPers - the Dems are just as bad.

[Ian David]

39. Obviously, the answer is for people to put REAL testicles on their trucks.

Preferably, their OWN real testicles.

[HooptieWagon]

65. I was gonna hang a shillelagh on mine...

[stevedeshazer]

22. I LOVE Truck Nutz!

At least I know when I see them what kind of inadequate moron I'm dealing with.

One might just as well tattoo "I'M A SEXIST IDIOT" on his forehead.

These false testicles serve as a warning sign. They should be mandatory for sexist males, along with a bumper sticker that reads,

"INSTANT ASSHOLE. JUST ADD ALCOHOL".

[backscatter712]

24. LOL!

Instant asshole. Just add alcohol indeed!

[JBoy]

25. You knew it was only a matter of time...

[Snarkoleptic]

26. Aw nuts! What's next...no more W'04 bumperstickers?

I saw two fucktards last week with W'04 bumperstickers (one was a Suburban with bumpernuts).
Also spotted the first McCain bumpersticker I've seen.
gag

[Ian David]

37. W04 Sticker

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[Gman]

27. Good riddance

[Stinky The Clown]

30. What will they pay attention to next? bad haicuts?

Why do the stupidest fucking stories seem to come from Tejas or Florida?

Never mind. I know.

Both have a majority moron population who elect Bushes.

[Flying Dream Blues]

40. Even I am amazed that I've never seen these, and I live in Texas. nt

[TexasObserver]

33. I suppose public tea bagging is out of the question.

[Perry Logan]

34. Take heed, patriots. When fake testicles are banned, only criminals will have fake testicles.

[zanne]

35. Gee...I thought they were bigger. nt

[Snarkturian Clone]

36. Outlawing them is a great way to make them more popular.

The truck nuts would go away if no one went so nuts over them... no reason to restrict freedom over it... bad taste is a freedom, believe it or not.

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. How about the Florida seniors in motorized wheelchairs?

Would they be exempt? Will they protest in Tallahassee?

[Vickers]

44. What about *real* nuts? A guy that worked with me had a pair of

HUGE nuts, like the ones you use to put together a communications tower, hanging from the back of his truck.

Not as graphic, and a lot funnier (and most folks probably wouldn't even "get" it).

[hunter]

53. Uh oh. I'd like to do that.

NOOOOOOOOoooooooo.........

:o

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

66. OK, raise your hand if the subject of this post got you worried.

:scared:

After reading: GENIUS!

[ChickMagic]

45. I want a certain kind of vandalizing legalized

I want to be able to stick a big limp weenie on the hood of the truck with nutz.

[Javaman]

46. How about a bill for real ones for our congress? nt

[AngryAmish]

47. They can have my fake bull testicles when they pry them from my cold, dead hand....

[bdamomma]

49. we should mail some to Congress!!

[Indenturedebtor]

52. Bwahahahaha hilarious

That's a fantastic idea!

It's a good thing that there are no serious issues in the world that people are so concerned about plastic testicles. "But what about the children?" :eyes:

[yurbud]

54. when I see those, I always assume the driver is really old, has a hole in is floor, and is sagging

or the owner feels insecure about his real pair, so he has to overcompensate.

[yurbud]

55. rednecks put a ballsack on the back of their pickup and sphincter in the White House

[onenote]

56. Ban Forced Carstrations....

[Celeborn Skywalker]

57. Thank God they're working on something important!

I'm glad we now all have healthcare, a quality educational system, and a living wage so now we can worry about things like this!!

[alfredo]

58. Would you let your daughter go out with a guy who has those on the

back of his vehicle?

[Liberal_in_LA]

60. Definitely not.

[alfredo]

63. It 's just ugly and unoriginal.

[cynatnite]

61. Of course, since we have nothing else to worry about these days...

:sarcasm:

[Jed Dilligan]

62. It would be more fun if they legalized cutting them off with shears.

[dysfunctional press]

64. it will NEVER become the law. and it shouldn't.

although it is kind of ironic that florida, of all states would try to ban "tacky".